Steen, E. J. van der <br/><br/>
Near Eastern tribal societies during the nineteenth century  economy, society and politics between tent and town /  [electronic resource] : 
Eveline van der Steen. 
 - Sheffield ;  Bristol, Conn. :  Equinox,  2013. 
 - xvii, 302 p. 
 - Approaches to anthropological archaeology .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>What is a tribe -- Travellers in the Levant in the nineteenth century -- The dynamics of territorial and power structures -- Oral traditions -- Tribal society and its relation to the landscape -- Tribal institutions -- Relations between the tribes and the state -- From tribe to tribal state: three case studies -- Economy of tribal societies -- Ethnicity and the sense of belonging -- Women in tribal societies -- Religion and folklore -- Back in time: historical parallels. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781844657827 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Tribes--Middle East.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--Social conditions.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN492.5  / .S74 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.800956